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Showing UP for Sophia: Love in the Last Lane
Showing UP for Sophia: Love in the Last Lane

Karma is only a bitch if you are.

I thought we were rolling steady, though slow. Until I noticed he always seemed ready to get off the road. One tire in, one tire out? Dangerous, exhilarating, and exhausting. I had to decide if I was ready to ride or die. I wasn’t down for either, until I was.

After he decided to leave me in the dust and drive back to his hometown with our daughter, I picked up my bags and have been crashing on my Mom’s couch since mid-February. When I met him five Februarys ago, he was living with a longtime friend, sleeping on his couch.

Karma is only a bitch if you are.

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child abuse, co-parenting, family, generational trauma, healthy relationships, parenting, prevention education, relationships, resiliency, toxic stress, transgenerational trauma, unhealthy relationshipsMarcella MaggioIt's My Lifedrama, trauma, music, self-love, self-worth, forgiveness, freedom, karma, bitch, beliefs, behaviorsComment
Showing UP for Sophia: Money Matters
Showing UP for Sophia: Money Matters

Sharing helps me process this new reality, and quite frankly, it leaves a record of what I know to be true. I do my best to share my truths, my perspectives, as I can only assume why others do what they do and choose not to look like an ass in doing so. Been there, done plenty of that. Case in point, today’s entry. John has defended that I assumed his actions or lack thereof. Perhaps. Or perhaps life is the one who said, “Nah, people aren’t here for that, they’re here for this.”

I tried to play it safe, but facts have a way of turning my stories into fairy-tales.

Awww… y’all are getting along? That’s great.

What happens when you don’t?

How do you deal when shit gets real?

Not good.

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co-parenting, family, generational trauma, healthy relationships, parenting, relationships, resiliency, toxic stress, transgenerational trauma, unhealthy relationshipsMarcella MaggioIt's My Lifeco-parenting, family issues, family dispute, family, child support, custody, family law, parenting, parenthood, separation, agreement Comment